A client with neurologic disease and associated immobility is at high risk for which of the following adverse events?
A. Impaired skin integrity related to immobilization devices
B. Decreased muscle strength related to reduced activity
C. Urinary tract infection related to barriers to elimination
D. Injury related to lift and transfer techniques
C
The client is at risk for decreased muscle strength from disuse during periods of immobility, re-gardless of cause.
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a. reduce medical errors. b. organize care around the patient. c. provide a service-oriented delivery. d. remain in individual scopes of practice.
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a. 50 to 75 b. 85 to 100 c. 100 to 110 d. 150 to 200
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1. Meals. 2. Daily weights. 3. Medication administration. 4. Bathing and personal care.
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1. More rapid gastric emptying so that drugs absorbed in the stomach have less exposure to absorption sites 2. Higher proportion of body fat so that lipophilic drugs have relatively greater volumes of distribution 3. Increased levels of bile acids so that drugs metabolized in the intestine have higher concentrations 4. Slower organ blood flow rates so drugs tend to take longer to be excreted